I took some time off over the holidays to rest and learn some new tools and techniques. I’m back to it and excited for a 2014 that promises to be a great year for Florida’s political and policy observers.

I will start the year simple because sometimes it is interesting to take a fresh look at basic data.

Recently, I pulled a simple data set on the economic contributions in gross state product (GSP) of various sectors of the Florida economy. The PDF chart below shows the 2012 economic in Florida of each NAICS industry classification.

Here are a few counter intuitive items I noted:

-Government is the second largest economic sector in Florida at over $90 billion.

-Agriculture is the second smallest industry sector in that state at $8 billion.

-Professional, scientific and technical services sector has a larger economic footprint than do hotels and restaurants.

The chart is found here (FloridaGSPByNAICS). Keep in mind, the Y-axis (GSP value) is shows in thousands of millions. So, 1k on the chart is equal to $1 billion in economic worth.

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About Joe Clements

Joe Clements, President

Joe's first foray in analytics was estimating the amount of carbon stored in one acre of Ethiopian scrub brush as an intern for the United Nations World Food Programme.

After working for several years in political campaigns and as a legislative staffer, Joe saw that decision making is hard but that good data science (and the presentation of data) can make many decisions easier.

Joe was a Truman and Rhodes scholar nominee at the University of North Florida where he graduated with a degree in public relations. He is currently completing graduate coursework in political management and computer science at Florida State University.

In his non-data science life, Joe is married to Sara, fosters dogs, shoots guns, never misses a Jacksonville Jaguars game and tries to play golf.